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Floral Arrangements Instigate Trivial Actions in Ethan Murrow’s Meticulous Graphite Drawings

In his solo exhibition Magic Bridge, Vermont-born artist Ethan Murrow (previously) overwhelms his subjects with sprawling floral assemblages that cloud their senses and judgment. The graphite drawings center largely on figures undertaking precarious and trivial activities to exert some form of control, often through futile underwater adventures and inexplicable actions atop wooden platforms. On view at Winston Wächter through April 30, the meticulous renderings are tinged with parody and embrace…

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A Three-Story Tree Acts as a Scaffold for a Growing Community in a Mural by Ethan Murrow

In a 53-foot mural of exposed roots and tangled branches, Boston-based artist Ethan Murrow (previously) situates an energetic construction site manned by human workers, who heave their materials and balance across taught ropes. "The Garden" is replete with scaffolding, small tool sheds, and suspended orbs of sod and lumber among the sturdy boughs. With flags staked on its top, the tree serves as an organic backdrop for the humans' manufactured expansion. Evidenced by the figure raising a tree branch to the…

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New Large-Scale Graphite Drawings of Idealized American Figures by Ethan Murrow

Ethan Murrow (previously) creates large-scale graphite drawings of fictionalized heroes set against the deserted landscape of the American Southwest. His work presents these figures in confusing and illogical acts, a critique that addresses America's habit of manipulating key moments from historical events. "Through a mash-up of images," said Murrow in an artist statement, "I hope to cut away at the neat and tidy narrative of progress and domination and create moments that deal with the abundant misinformation, deep confusion, genuine absurdity and billowing mass that has always kept this country on its toes." Murrow currently teaches at the School of the Museum…

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Large-Scale Graphite Drawings of Surreal Adventures, Dreamers, and Heroes by Ethan Murrow

Heavily influenced by both film and photography, artist Ethan Murrow creates grandiose theatrical narratives manifested as large-scale graphite drawings. The artworks are populated with adventurers, inventors and dreamers, in what Winston Wachter gallery calls "characters as outrageous innovators and absurd explorers capturing a sense of adventure, satire, fun and defeat." Murrow's latest works involve a series of drawings set in different American states for his show State Flag currently at Winston Wachter in New York through May 2014. You can see much more of his work here…

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